Abstract/Description

The USDA Rice Outlook for December 2002
suggests...

Notes

The USDA Rice Outlook for December 2002
suggests that total rice production in 2002 will be 380.3 million
tonnes, 4% below the level of a year earlier. Global stocks fell
to 104.9 million tonnes, 20% down on the year and the lowest since
1987/88. This is the third consecutive year of declining world production
and stocks.